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some thoughts on stuffFri, 26 Aug 2011 09:49:51 +0000hourly1Comment on Fighting the Systems Within Us by Squeehttp://rocinante.anarchyplanet.org/2011/04/23/fighting-the-systems-within-us/comment-page-1/#comment-112
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:49:51 +0000http://rocinante.anarchyplanet.org/?p=281#comment-112nothing wrong with the poetic as an expression of the subjective. A beautiful piece. Don’t let the worms eat your ripe enthusiasms, please. 🙂
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Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:33:33 +0000http://rocinante.anarchyplanet.org/?p=281#comment-108Perhaps this post could be a little more serious and touch on more interesting things… but, sighhhh… oh well. Time is precious and sometimes I’m a busy person – and to survive I need to laugh a little. There should be some more relevant and meaningful things here shortly.

Sorry if my humor is lost on you over Internet. Blame society.

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Sun, 23 Jan 2011 02:09:21 +0000http://rocinante.anarchyplanet.org/?p=228#comment-105um… how did i forget….

blackbird raum

i don’t know, but so good. this is what happens when kids live in a house with no electricity it feels like.

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Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:09:28 +0000http://rocinante.anarchyplanet.org/?p=77#comment-10Perhaps, I should comment a little further about some of my experience there:

Books seemed an oddity there. For example, there are tons of little old bookstores, selling tons of dirty dusty old books, located throughout La Habana. Many of the books were pretty inexpensive compared to average prices in the USA in these types of book bodegas. There are also some more touristy places near the hotels that sell a different kind of book altogether, I think I recall one on Sacco and Vanzetti in one of these stores. And of course, you have the 28 volumes from the ever prolific Jose Marti, who has some writings about anarchists as well (increasingly favorable over time, though still a critic). Anyways, these kinds of books are really that affordable for someone living in the Cuban system.

Obviously, there is some censorship that goes on. For example, I’ve always been a huge fan of Jorge Luis Borges, and I was unable to find any of his writings while in Cuba. I asked an official bookseller and was told that his writings are a no go zone.

Therefore, sometimes it may be wise to think about the type of book you are sending to Cuba. From my experience, sending a book to Cuba takes about 2 and a half months for it to intended recipient. That seems an awfully long time for a small package, but it seems to be about average. I think you have to be conscious about what kind of book you send otherwise, it may not make it through. I choose a book by Noam Chomsky, just because of all things, I thought this would be a no problem one. Anyways, it would just suck to spend some hard earned money and send a nice book along, and have it not make it, so just think about it – but, in the end perhaps, go for it, because it’s kind of any interesting experiment.

Of course, you can always just visit Cuba instead of relying on the mail.

One last small note, these kind of underground libraries seem to be something there. I’m not sure of the exact circumstances regarding the original posts mention of an @library, but every once in a while, being a obvious foreigner seemed to be the attractant for invitations to strange little “libraries”. I mention strange, because we never went for this kind of stuff – but, sometimes it doesn’t hurt to adventure.

Saludos! I hope this helps in some way, please feel free to ask questions.